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BoG directs payments platform Dash App to halt operations
Founded by Prince Boakye Boampong, the fintech has been operating in Ghana since 2019. It currently ...
Harmonising Data Protection Laws: African Authorities sign MoU with Smart Africa Alliance
Smart Africa Alliance, a Rwandan-based ICT firm, chaired by President Paul Kagame, will provide inst...
Kentrust Pension Ltd not designated to collect contributions – SSNIT
In a notice by the management of the company, SSNIT said employers and persons who pay SSNIT contrib...
BoG warns public against Kwame Bediako aka Cheddar’s cryptocurrency, Freedom Coin
Cryptocurrencies do not have an official recognition in Ghana and are not regulated by either the Ba...
Parliament likely to consider E-Levy bill this week
Mr Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Deputy Majority Leader, announced that the E-Levy Bill falls...
10% discount on Vehicles, 30% others: New discounts on import values announced
The Government of Ghana has expanded the coverage of discounts on imports thus ‘Benchmark values’ to...
GRA to pilot e-commerce tax in April
The action is said to be in line with the Value Added Tax (VAT) law, which stipulates the taxation o...
Telcos to be sanctioned for unsolicited messages, calls - NCA
Consequently, the NCA says it will sanction any service provider who fails to adhere to the directiv...
E-levy debate: Plug up loopholes to shore revenue administration-Dr.Ali Nakyea to Gov’t
According to him, this is the most effective way for the Government to raise revenue for development...
E-levy requires further deliberations, analysis- Dr.Ali-Nakyea
According to him, there is the need for Government to also analyze the impact of the E-levy on finan...
E-levy risks promoting acts of money laundering – Tax Expert
He also says if the tax is imposed, people may start looking for other innovative ways of moving abo...
E-Levy: Minority throws out proposal to reduce tax from 1.75% to 1.5%
Government had hoped to get the buy-in of the NDC MPs to get the bill passed....
E-Levy approval: Ofori Atta woos Minority
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is courting the support of the Minority in Parliament relati...
Ghana card to be sole ID for all financial transactions-BoG
In a notice signed by the Secretary to the Central Bank, Ms. Sandra Thompson, entreated all financia...
Ghana removed from list of EU’s high risk money laundering countries
Ghana has been removed from the list of European Union’s high risk third countries with strategic de...
Tourism Authority closes down three defaulting facilities
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has closed down three facilities for failing to meet tourism stand...
Special Prosecutor begins investigations into financial sector crisis
In a statement, the OSP says the investigations ‘target alleged corruption and corruption-related of...
Demand Tax Clearance Certificates before renewing members’ licenses – GRA to Professional bodies
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) wants the Governing Councils of Professional Bodies to demand Tax ...
GOIL withdrawal from AOMCs will hurt association – COPEC Boss
GOIL is generally considered the biggest oil marketing company in the country, with “every one in fi...
Uber to pay $9m in sex-assault report settlement
The settlement between Uber, CPUC, and the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (Rainn) brings to ...
Ecobank should not take the law into its own hands -Thaddeus Sory warns in Dan Ofori case
The solicitor for Mr. Ofori, Thaddeus Sory wrote in a press statement released on 2nd December, 2021...
Debt collectors in US can now DM you on social media
Collection calls rank as the biggest pet peeve of American consumers, with the CFPB receiving more c...
Set E-levy at 0.5% – ISSER tells government
The proposed rate announced by the Ministry of Finance is 1.75 per cent, effective 2022, as part of ...
Proposed e-levy problematic—Dr. Duffuor
Dr. Duffuor with his experience from the Bank of Ghana and later as Finance Minister proposed practi...
GRA serves December 3 deadline to tax defaulting OMC’s
“The Authority will also continue enforcement actions such as, garnishing of accounts, seal off of b...
